The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Eastern conference games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
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|---|---|---|
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| Heat (7‑4) |
Cavaliers (7‑4) |
64 |
| Sixers (6‑4) |
Celtics (5‑6) |
53 |
| Pistons (9‑2) |
Bulls (6‑4) |
51 |
| Hornets (3‑7) |
Bucks (7‑4) |
50 |
| Nets (1‑9) |
Raptors (5‑5) |
44 |
| Knicks (6‑3) |
Grizzlies (4‑7) |
40 |
| Rockets (6‑3) |
Wizards (1‑10) |
35 |
| Jazz (3‑7) |
Pacers (1‑9) |
33 |